# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evgeniy-nikiforov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:18.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evgeniy-nikiforov"
name: "Evgeniy Nikiforov"
slug: "evgeniy-nikiforov"
description: "Yevgeny Valeryevich Nikiforov is a Russian military officer who was the commander of the Western Military District between 23 January 2023 and 26 February 2024. He had previously been the Chief of Staff - First Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military District from 2020 to 2023. He has held the rank of colonel general since 17 February 2023. In August 2025, he was appointed as commander of the \"North\" group of forces in Ukraine, replacing Aleksandr Lapin. On 21 September 2025, he was also appointed as commander of the Leningrad Military District."
tagline: "Russian army officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evgeniy_Nikiforov_(2018).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1970-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.610018666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Valeryevich_Nikiforov"
    title: "Yevgeny Valeryevich Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewgeni_Walerjewitsch_Nikiforow"
    title: "Jewgeni Walerjewitsch Nikiforow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Nikiforov"
    title: "Yevgeny Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeniy_Nikiforov"
    title: "Evgeniy Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Nikiforov"
    title: "Yevgeny Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgenij_Nikiforov"
    title: "Evgenij Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Никифоров, Евгений Валерьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevgenij_Nikiforov"
    title: "Jevgenij Nikiforov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%84%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Нікіфоров Євген Валерійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump